> Earthshot heralds Sea Forest's work as revolutionary, saying: "Applying such a solution to 15 per cent of the world's cattle population could reduce three gigatonnes of emissions globally."
Is that a lot? Strange giving no context. Yes I could look it up but whatever
It seems like this knowledge has been bouncing around for nearly a decade. Why the slow adoption? This should be a slam-dunk.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24465524/
Why would ranchers spend money on reducing negative externalities they don't have to pay for? If ranchers had to pay a methane emission tax, they would buy it in a heart beat.
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I'd call that... "significant".
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/...